First grade children building a Celotex house at Alexandria Avenue School, [s.d.]

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Photograph of first grade children building a Celotex house at Alexandria Avenue School, [s.d.]. The small house can be seen in the middle of a classroom at center. Two young boys are putting the finishing touches on the roof while standing on wooden chairs. Two more children are hammering a wooden frame on the floor in the foreground, and still more can be seen working inside the hous. Windows are visible at right, and a coat room is visible at left. Photoprint reads: "photo by Visual Education Division, Los Angeles City School District".

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Title First grade children building a Celotex house at Alexandria Avenue School, [s.d.]

Subject Alexandria Avenue School (subject), Building (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Schools -- Grammar -- Intermediate -- Classes -- Classrooms (file heading), Schools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Alexandria Avenue School (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Creator Visual Education Division (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4681

Identifier 44511 (accession number), CHS-44511 (call number), CHS-44511 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5066 (legacy record id), chs-m4681 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-4778 (legacy record id), USC (project), 1470 (unidentified no.), 84-1-729 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5066

Unique identifier UC127517

Legacy Identifier CHS-44511.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
53.1 cm × 41.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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